25 reasons to go to Hong Kong

Chi Lin Nunnery

When China, under Chairman Mao, was cut off from the outside
world, Hong Kong provided a microcosmic reflection of its 'Great
Within'. A more recent addition to this rich treasury of things
Chinese is the Chi Lin Nunnery, a stunning recreation of
Tang-dynasty architecture built in 1930. This extensive Buddhist
complex covers some 33,000 square meters, including the nunnery
itself, temple halls, Chinese gardens, a visitors' hostel and a
vegetarian restaurant. The wooden buildings, assembled using an
interlocking technique without nails, are the only ones of their
kind in Hong Kong.